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NEW YORK -- The NBA has dumped a new proposal -- and corresponding deadline -- in the players lap in the battle for a new collective bargaining agreement.

With nothing left to negotiate tonight, the Players Association will meet with its team representatives early next week to decide whether to take the mildly tweaked deal or risk losing a far greater portion of the 2011-12 season.

At this point, the league is offering a 72-game schedule if the players agree.

"We feel as though we've gotten to the place where there's nothing else for us to talk about short of our willingness to move off of where we are," said Billy Hunter, executive director of the Players Association. "That's why we need to go confer with the player reps to see what their preference is and flesh this thing out with them."